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Saul Rivera
Rabell Saul Rivera

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 150 lb.
School University of Mobile

Debut May 25, 2006

Born December 7, 1977 in San Juan, P.R.

Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 9th round of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 1998. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 2006 28 WSN NL   3   0  54   0   0   0  16  1   60.3   59   28   23   4   32   41   4   3   277   6   0  3.43  4.27  124 1.508
 2007 29 WSN NL   4   6  85   0   0   0  17  3   93.0   88   39   38   1   42   64   2   4   398   4   0  3.68  4.21  115 1.398
 2008 30 WSN NL   3   4  49   0   0   0   9  0   58.3   54   25   22   2   24   39   0   2   252   1   1  3.39  4.29  126 1.337
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  3 Yr WL% .500  10  10 188   0   0   0  42  4  211.7  201   92   83   7   98  144   6   9   927  11   1  3.53  4.25  120 1.413
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     3   3  68   0   0   0  15  1   76.3   72   33   30   2   35   52   2   3   335   3   0  3.53  4.25  120 1.413
 Career High      4   6  85   0   0   0  17  3   93.0   88   39   38   4   42   64   4   4   398   6   1  3.39  4.29  126 1.337

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2006 28 WSN NL  54    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 2007 29 WSN NL  80    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   0  .000  .500  .000   50    0   0   0   0   0   0
 2008 30 WSN NL  45    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons      179    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   2  .000  .143  .000  -57    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg          5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   2  .000  .143  .000  -57    0   0   0   0   0   0
 Career High     80    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   2                           0   0   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2006 28 WSN NL    4    4    0   0.0   107| .000  .265| .000  .335| .000  .430| .000  .765|-100  .000  -1.2  -0.1   0%
 2007 29 WSN NL    2    1    0   0.0   106| .000  .265| .500  .334| .000  .424| .500  .758|  50  .000   0.0   0.0   0%
 2008 30 WSN NL    1    1    0   0.0   107| .000  .265| .000  .337| .000  .424| .000  .761|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons         7    6    0   0.0   107| .000  .265| .143  .335| .000  .428| .143  .763| -57  .000  -1.4  -0.1   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2006 28 WSN NL P 54 2 8 1 0 .909 .962 0.19 0.43 1.49 1.72 0 60.3 2007 29 WSN NL P 85 4 26 0 2 1.000 .965 0.35 0.40 2.90 1.68 0 93.0 2008 30 WSN NL P 49 6 15 0 1 1.000 .959 0.43 0.44 3.24 1.78 0 58.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2006 28 WSN NL P 54 2 8 1 0 .909 .962 0.19 0.43 1.49 1.72 0 60.3 2007 29 WSN NL P 85 4 26 0 2 1.000 .965 0.35 0.40 2.90 1.68 0 93.0 2008 30 WSN NL P 49 6 15 0 1 1.000 .959 0.43 0.44 3.24 1.78 0 58.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 188 12 49 1 3 .984 .962 0.32 0.42 2.59 1.72 0 211.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 188 12 49 1 3 .984 .962 0.32 0.42 2.59 1.72 0 212
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Games
2007 NL-85-2

Gray Ink: Pitching - 1 (2555) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

June 2, 1998: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 9th round of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 1998.

November 20, 2001: Selected off waivers by the New York Mets from the Minnesota Twins.

July 16, 2002: Sent by the New York Mets to the Montreal Expos to complete an earlier deal made on April 5, 2002. The New York Mets sent a player to be named later, Bruce Chen, Dicky Gonzalez, and Luis Figueroa to the Montreal Expos for Scott Strickland, Phil Seibel, and Matt Watson. The New York Mets sent Saul Rivera (July 16, 2002) to the Montreal Expos to complete the trade.

June 7, 2004: Traded by the Montreal Expos with Peter Bergeron to the Milwaukee Brewers for Jason Childers and Jason Belcher (minors).

October 15, 2004: Granted Free Agency.

November 16, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Washington Nationals.

October 15, 2005: Granted Free Agency.

November 29, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Washington Nationals.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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